August, 190t 



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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE ^fXtf*£M 



COVER DESIGN — In the Rose Garden 



Big Facts tor August 9 



The Gardens of Old Mexico . . Anita M. Miller 10 



Photographs by the author 



The "Human Interest" in Firs . . Thomas McAdam 12 



Photographs by L. Barron, H. Troth and others 



Making Money prom Cut Flowers . . Carl Purdy 15 



Photographs by H. E. Angell, N. R. Graves and others 



English Effects with Edging Plants . . Wilhelm Miller 18 



Photographs by E. J. Wallis 



A Trio of Flowers for August Sowing . . C. B. Wynkoop 22 



Photographs by Nathan R. Graves and others 



What to Do in a Drought . . . Leslie Hudson 24 



Photograph by Claude H. Miller 



Children's Gardens Everywhere . . Ellen Eddy Shaw 25 



Photograph by the author 



Some Tools Which Ha-stl Proved Satisfactory . 



/. Lukens Kayan 28 



Photographs by the author 



Growing Cuttings from Old Geraniums Helen M. Sweeney 28 



Sowing Seeds for Lifted Plants . 



Photographs by Nathan R. Gru\u- 



At the Height of the Season 

 Increasing Gladiolus .... 



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/. .1/. Angell 30 



Thomas J . Steed 30 



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 M. D. Marshall 32 



How the English Cultivate Mullein 



Photographs by A. R. Dugmore 



What Is a "Cord" of Wood? 

 Killing Aphis on Asters .... 



Photographs by the author 



Origin of the Large-Flowered Clematis W. E. Pendleton 40 



Photograph by Nathan R. Graves 



B. F. 36 

 . Nellie Coutant 36 



Odorless Ornamental Onion 

 Garden Notes and News 



Thomas McAdam 42 

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Nineteen Dozen Ears of Corn from Ten Cent's Worth of 



Seed ...... Jeannie S. Salisbury 44 



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